Curtis XA-43

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In late 1944, Curtis proposed the XA-43 as a four-turbojet medium bomber. It was similar in configuration to the North American B-45 Tornado, but a little bit smaller. The design progressed as far as a full-scale mockup before the direction of the effort was massively changed… turning the bomber into the XP-87 “Blackhawk,” a night-fighter replacement for the wartime P-61 Black Widow. As it happens, the P-87 did not make it into production, and Curtis went out of business.